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Show Ifie Scut fetcut Second Young Lee Dumar Patterson By Barbara P. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Bur- was In such a rush to enter ton from Kaysville were visit- this world that he didnt give r MCMB a ing Mr. and Mrs. Arland Esk-lun- d his mother enough time to HAH STAY over the weekend. Mr. get to the hospital In MontikZMHHimi f.'.l u Resident Highway cello. They just made it to Nearly 100 people from the society explains, however, that Burton is stationed at Kays- the Blanding Clinic where the Engineer four states four the comers in a botanists of that say lay AMEUCAI REISHKE lEWSUWIVES' new son was born early Sunarea got together in Farming-ton- , small cells form at the base of ville. Resident Engineer Bill Mer-kle- y day morning. His mother is N.M. Tuesday and hashed each tree leaf In September. to the Mrs. Barbara Patterson and he over highway development These cells form a dam to stop Comb recently assigned MR. AND MRS. GEORGE E. JONES, Owners and Publisher and Butler Wash con- has four sisters and two broproblems in this area. Includ- the flow of water and nutrients His father is the late ed in the group were the high- into the leaf. The result is struction project will be mov- thers. T. Patterson who died from BOB McCASLIN, NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR way commissions from the that the green chlorophyll pig- ing with his crew from Price. J. four states involved and the ment in the leaf is bleached His office will be located in the results of an auto accident. CORRESPONDENTS Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mikesell meeting probably represented exposing other pigments. Trees Bluff. Montlcello Marilyn Rowley the time all four turn first commiswhen scarlet excessive Montlcello Mrs. Harold Cole NATIONAL EDITORIAL lAc6TI4N Norman Lnndell Standing News Barbara Palmer Blanding Out East Helen Redshaw Bluff Mrs. Eugene Foushee Montezuma Creek Mrs. Pat Davis . . . ; Mexican Hat Donna Brown Entered in the Postoffice at Montlcello, Utah as Second Class matter, nnder the Act of March 3, 1879. Published every Thursday at Montlcello, Utah SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In San Juan County $3 a year Outside San Juan County $4 a year Box 428, Montlcello, Utah Phone sions ever met under the same roof, at least to discuss four corners roads, anyway. t 'ir it Out of the meeting came a new organization which will be known as the Four Corner States Highway Association, composed of a member of each of the highway commissions from Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. Added to this delegation will be representatives from the National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Tribe and other interested agencies. sugar is trapped In the leaves and this explains the bright red coloring of the mountain maple leaves. Combinations of pigments make up the infinite variation of colors. Job Corps Youth Camps, especially the one which had earlier been proposed for the Monticello area, may not materialize if information contained in the Saturday Deseret News is correct. The News reported that a camp for 100 boys would open in October at Four-sta- te Clearfield and that this would be the only camp in Utah. After hearing the various Some 22 Job Corps camps are Cooperation and united effort in securing a concommissions explain planned in the U.S. state will Corners area in Four the network of roads necting what had been done and what Corner Four States of be the function and goal the was contemplated in their reHighway Association formed in Farmington, N. M., spective states in the Four Comers area, it was impossiTuesday. ble to fully grasp what has and officials road At the meeting, well attended by already been accomplished in residents of the four states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado this area in so short a time. and New Mexico, the new association was formed as Up until just a few short years a direct outgrowth of a previous smaller meeting held ago this entirea area suffered almost total lack of September 21, 1964 in Blanding. All four state highway commissions were from roads but in those few short Dear George, of tell of an and heard all states have four Tuesday made present array speakers years In starting this editorial, I past accomplishments in the Four Corners and of fu- remarkable progress In not want to ask the politicians, the roads only supplying roads, but of San Juan ture plans. voting of the caliber. In light County, public and everyone else inDue to the vastness of the area, lack of taxing of whathighest has been accomplishterested In the general welpower because most of the land is federally owned or ed and the impetus that will fare and well being of our now new be from the gained county, a few questions. controlled, and the scenic wonders that are available four-stat- e it is As a student in it, lacking only adequate roads to make them avail- reasonable organization, of political to assume that science, I value our American able to the traveling public, seeking federal aid and even more proour heritage, and present sywill be accomplished in stem participation will be one of the major tasks of the new jects next of jurisprudence and few years. committee. All states have done this individually but the I must politics. say that obstates of one San Juan with four serving point working together this binding of power Remarkable fall coloring of County politics does not make should provide impetus to the total program. the oak leaves is being re- me burst with uncontrollable A spirit of willingness and cooperation permeated marked upon increasingly this pride and it is not too short of the Tuesday meeting with all states volunteering to week as the oaks take on the being atrocious. I would like hues of the season. Weather to ask our present commissionassist, in whatever way possible, the cause for improve- has apparently been just right ers if they remember the promment in the areas highways. Singularly, this spirit to bring out the full color of ises made by them during their was probably the reason for the meetings success and the leaves and for those who campaign speeches of 1960 and have yet to migrate to the hills 1962 concerning road developultimate formation of the highway association. to view the artistic impact, ment. I must admit that the Much progress has been made on roads in the now is the time for this trek. and those inFour Corners area in the past few years. To date Just what makes leaves turn commissioners volved have diligently worked this has largely been due to local efforts. With an to the autumn hues is still at building new roads, but of a mystery, with have completely forgotten organization such as that now formed with four co- somewhat that frost and many believing maintenance of our prein like results number of future cold weather cause the operating states, the pheno-men- sent ones. The county road to National Geographic my fathers farm is accessable years should be even more encouraging. almost only by a stu. drive vehicle. To get through this next obstacle that theToad 'JT BPl Transportations T rademark of Confidence department left, namely the bar ditch, a tote gote is required. Almost all county roads in a 25 mile radius, north and east of Monticello, which are used by the farmers, are in 2nd Day Delivery from Los Angeles the same general condition. t Are our future commissioners and politicians of 1965 going to forget their campaign SERVING promises, made to the voting 3950 public to get their votes. I fail to see how WESTERN an incumbent can be POINTS U. S. CUSTOMS BONDED with our county roads in their present condition at the end of his term. j Are you, as the voting pubIlCiND mmm Cnm MfiOHluNis. INC lic, going to elect these people IHIU ItAtifl StlVlCI WIIH to office, pay their wages out HllAllE INlftMfOIAtl CAMItt tfwROtAtv OM Rating autmoriTV of your taxes, only to let their 254 Baroid Drive 587-263- 3 Phone campaign promises blow in' Montlcello, Utah the wind? Can you picture your taxes blowing away in the same wind as their forpromises? O gotten, I can. O I sincerely hope that In the coming election the politicians value their American heritage enough to do their very best for our county, and do away with many of our less desirable traits In politics such as Idle campaign promises, and g o v e rmental irresponsibility, or as it is more colloquially known buck passing. Sincerely yours, Victor C. Schafer 5 A.JVL fo 1 A.M. 587-227- 7 association formed . . . MONTICELLO LOCALS News happenings from the Blanding area Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sperry of Sun City, Ariz. are spendwere in Cortez Monday on ing some time at the F. Ben-nio- n business. Redd home. They are Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan John- caring for their grandchildren son and children spent a week- while Mrs. Redd is in Salt end in Grand Junction and Lake City receiving treatment Glenwood Springs recently. for her back. Mr. and Mrs. Bob McAfee of 7 Salt Lake City are the parents For Job Printing of a new son born Sept. 11. He will be named Stanley Robert. He has an older brother, Mark The San Juan Record Monticello, Utah David. Mrs. McAfee is the October 1, 1964 Thursday, former Helen Brown of Page Two 587-227- PROS FREE ENTER fit J7 T Letter to PRO HARDWARES CELEBRATING the Editor 10th ANNIVERSARY road-buildin- g four-whe- Ssf ... Direct Daily Motor Freight Service $45,000 in $10 gift certificates Q(Om33MO u arra o o vote-gettin- g LARIAT CAFE o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Sunbeam rotisseries, - power fools, transistor radios, Bernz electric refrigerators, etc. mowers, Nothing to do! Nothing to huy ! Enter as often as you can. 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